Speaker Pelosi managed to collect $23.1 million from donors in 2009, nearly $10 million more than leading house Republican fundraiser John Boehner of Ohio's 8th District.

Better yet, it's not like Pelosi needs that money -- San Franciscans re-elect her every two years with predictably wide margins, often toping 75 percent of votes in the district, meaning she doesn't really have to actually campaign.

Instead, the money gets funneled into national party activities like defending Democrats in hotly contested elections and funding efforts to challenge Republican incumbents.